> > > The word UP: > > > > > > There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meaning than any other > > > two- letter word, and it is "UP"! > > > > > > It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or > > > at the top of the list, but when we waken in the morning, why do we wake > > > UP? > > > > > > At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? > > > > > > Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for > > > election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? > > > > > > We call UP our friends, we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the > > > silver, we warm UP the leftovers > > > and clean UP the kitchen. > > > > > > We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. > > > > > > At other times the little word has real special meaning. > > > People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and > > > think UP excuses. > > > > > > To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is > > > special, and this can be confusing. > > > > > > A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. > > > > > > We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP > > > at night. > > > > > > We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP. > > > > > > To be knowledgeable of the proper uses of UP, look UP the word in the > > > dictionary. In a desk size dictionary, > > > UP takes UP almost 1/4th the page and definitions add > > > UP to about thirty. > > > > > > If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways > UP > > > is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, > > > you may wind UP with a hundred or more. > > > > > > When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. > > > When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. > > > When it rains, it wets UP the earth. When it doesn't rain for a while, > > > things dry UP. > > > > > > One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my > > > time is UP, so I'll shut UP. > > > > > > > >
